Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1958

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1958 were Mary for girls (467 babies) and David for boys (1,022). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,974 babies born in Oklahoma in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1958

Names given at least 15 times in Oklahoma that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Treva: 17 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Gayla: 39 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 36 babies, 9× the national rate
Dayna: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Dee: 32 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Deana: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jana: 51 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Twila: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Saundra: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lea: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dewayne: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Monty: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Troy: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Delbert: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marcus: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jackie: 61 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rocky: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Billy: 233 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jimmy: 210 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	467	↑1	1
2	Debra	459	↓1	6
3	Linda	459	↑1	3
4	Karen	430	↑2	4
5	Susan	405	↑4	2
6	Pamela	395	↑4	11
7	Donna	393	↑1	10
8	Kathy	390	↑5	14
9	Brenda	387	↓6	16
10	Deborah	383	↓5	7
11	Cynthia	351	↓4	8
12	Debbie	308	↑10	24
13	Patricia	308	↓2	5
14	Teresa	298	–	26
15	Cheryl	287	–	13
16	Lisa	254	↑7	19
17	Sharon	251	↓5	17
18	Barbara	246	↓2	9
19	Tammy	243	new	44
20	Sandra	241	↓2	15
21	Carol	214	↓4	20
22	Rhonda	214	↑2	48
23	Nancy	212	↓4	12
24	Cindy	201	↓4	25
25	Julie	187	new	23
26	Janet	186	↓5	28
27	Rebecca	178	↓2	41
28	Terri	173	↑5	51
29	Vicki	171	↓2	57
30	Connie	163	↓4	50
31	Paula	162	↓3	53
32	Peggy	162	new	42
33	Judy	161	↑1	36
34	Diana	157	↑1	45
35	Sherry	156	↓5	67
36	Carolyn	146	↓7	37
37	Elizabeth	145	↓6	22
38	Cathy	144	↓2	34
39	Kimberly	135	↑10	39
40	Denise	134	↓2	27
41	Laura	132	↑7	29
42	Anita	129	↓1	82
43	Janice	123	↓11	35
44	Vickie	122	↓7	75
45	Diane	118	↑2	18
46	Shirley	115	↓6	52
47	Kim	114	↓8	40
48	Sheila	114	new	59
49	Robin	111	↓6	32
50	Beverly	106	↓5	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	1,022	–	2
2	Michael	881	–	1
3	James	880	–	3
4	Mark	696	↑2	7
5	Robert	687	↓1	4
6	John	665	↓1	5
7	Richard	489	↑1	8
8	William	477	↓1	6
9	Charles	423	↑1	11
10	Larry	413	↑1	22
11	Steven	409	↓2	10
12	Terry	390	↑2	33
13	Gary	358	↓1	17
14	Randy	356	↑2	32
15	Ricky	343	↑5	34
16	Kenneth	320	↓1	14
17	Jerry	293	↑1	35
18	Ronald	278	↓5	19
19	Donald	262	↓2	18
20	Thomas	261	↓1	9
21	Timothy	252	–	13
22	Paul	250	↑3	15
23	Billy	233	↓1	64
24	Mike	229	↑10	40
25	Kevin	220	↑1	20
26	Danny	216	↑3	45
27	Bobby	211	↑3	69
28	Jimmy	210	↓5	73
29	Stephen	209	↓5	26
30	Dennis	191	↓3	29
31	Joe	176	–	56
32	Steve	171	↑5	44
33	Gregory	165	↓5	23
34	Johnny	160	↑7	61
35	Daniel	155	↓2	16
36	Scott	153	↑12	25
37	Jeffrey	145	↓2	21
38	George	139	↑9	31
39	Douglas	133	↓3	30
40	Keith	133	↓8	37
41	Ronnie	133	new	66
42	Anthony	130	↑2	27
43	Tony	129	–	57
44	Tommy	126	↓6	>100
45	Roger	120	↓6	47
46	Carl	118	↓1	51
47	Darrell	117	new	90
48	Rickey	117	new	>100
49	Bruce	115	↓3	36
50	Brian	114	new	24

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